2024
Screening rates for hepatitis B and C among low‐income US veterans: Data from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study
Beydoun H, Tsai J. Screening rates for hepatitis B and C among low‐income US veterans: Data from the National Veteran Homeless and Other Poverty Experiences Study. Journal Of Viral Hepatitis 2024, 31: 601-613. PMID: 38984865, DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13981.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationEver-screeningVeteran homelessnessScreening ratesVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordScreening test useHousing instabilityPoverty experienceLimited healthcare accessLow-income veteransElectronic health recordsCross-sectional dataHousehold incomeHistory of alcohol useEmployment typeHealthcare accessScreening behaviorHealth recordsHomelessnessLifetime screeningNon-HispanicDrug useHigh-priority areasAlcohol useHealth AdministrationLifetime prevalence and correlates of colorectal cancer screening among low-income U.S. Veterans
Beydoun H, Tsai J. Lifetime prevalence and correlates of colorectal cancer screening among low-income U.S. Veterans. Cancer Causes & Control 2024, 35: 1215-1231. PMID: 38714606, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-024-01881-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationU.S. veteransCRC screening behaviorsLifetime prevalenceColorectal cancer screeningPreventive healthcare servicesMethodsCross-sectional dataIntegrated healthcare systemMultivariate logistic regression modelTargeted behavioral interventionsLogistic regression modelsCRC screeningAdverse life circumstancesVeteran characteristicsCancer screeningChronic conditionsHealthcare servicesVeteran homelessnessHealth AdministrationMilitary-specificPotential disparitiesHealthcare systemAlcohol-use disordersBehavioral interventionsHealth insuranceGrowing Concern About Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Clinical Characteristics and Engagement in Health Care Services
Kinney R, Szymkowiak D, Tsai J. Growing Concern About Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Clinical Characteristics and Engagement in Health Care Services. Public Health Reports 2024, 139: 582-590. PMID: 38323557, PMCID: PMC11344986, DOI: 10.1177/00333549241227155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnsheltered homelessnessHomeless ProgramHomeless veteransVA homeless programsMilitary sexual traumaVeterans AffairsPublic health approachVeteran homelessnessCollege educationHousing instabilityVA service-connected disabilityHomeless populationHealth care servicesSheltered statusUS Department of Veterans AffairsHomelessnessDepartment of Veterans AffairsHierarchical multivariable logistic regressionService-connected disabilityCorporate Data WarehouseSexual traumaCare servicesRepeated-measures analysisMultivariate logistic regressionHealth approachFamily Member Incarceration and Loneliness Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans
Testa A, Tsai J. Family Member Incarceration and Loneliness Among Low-Income U.S. Veterans. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2024, 94: 352-361. PMID: 38421747, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily member incarcerationU.S. military veteransLoneliness indexU.S. veteransExposure to incarcerationMilitary veteransVeteran homelessnessPerception of lonelinessFeelings of lonelinessMultinomial logistic regressionLack companionshipIncarcerationConsequences of lonelinessReport feelingLow-incomeVeteran communityPotential adverse consequencesLogistic regressionVeteransSocial relationshipsWell-beingFamily membersIncreased riskLonelinessMultiple Poisson
2018
Risk Factors, Service Delivery, and Prevention of Veteran Homelessness
Tsai J, Rosenheck R. Risk Factors, Service Delivery, and Prevention of Veteran Homelessness. 2018, 183-195. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7438-2_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeteran homelessnessRapid Rehousing ProgramTransitional housingCriminal historyHomelessnessService deliveryRisk factorsCommunity-based programsEducation benefitsNational effortsPublic concernCase studyHousingSocial supportHomeless ProgramResearch literatureLow incomeSpecial accessSubstance abuse problemsStrong risk factorPotential risk factorsResidential programsVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcareFuture researchHomeless veterans
2016
Homelessness among a nationally representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates
Tsai J, Link B, Rosenheck RA, Pietrzak RH. Homelessness among a nationally representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2016, 51: 907-916. PMID: 27075492, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1210-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVA homeless servicesHomeless servicesUS veteransLifetime homelessnessAccurate prevalence estimatesPrevalence of homelessnessRural areasClinical characteristicsRepresentative sampleService utilizationService usePrevalence estimatesHomelessnessPhysical healthGovernmental resourcesVeteran homelessnessPrevalenceAdult lifeVeterans